La Chienne

1931 96 min 12 Drama · Crime

You're a milquetoast cashier, stuck in a marriage of spite. You meet a woman, an apparent escape, and fall hard. But she's a grifter, tethered to a violent lowlife. Renoir's early sound film implicates its audience, lingering on the male gaze with discomforting precision.

Directed by Jean Renoir · Written by Jean Renoir

Starring Michel Simon, Janie Marèse, Georges Flamant, Magdeleine Bérubet, Roger Gaillard, Jean Gehret

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